Cigar-mold



STATES PATENT, Orricn.

CHARLES A. VAL ENTIN, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-MOLD.

HPEGIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,492, dated January 19, 1886.

Application filed September 14, 1883. Serial No. 106,384. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. VALENTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Molds, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a cigar mold and holder embodying my invention, one end of the holder being in vertical section. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, parts of the holder being separated. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view, a portion thereof being in horizontal section; and Fig. 4 is a section in line a: m, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar-molds; and it consists in the details of construction hereinafter set-forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a cigar-mold, which is formed of sections A A of different diameters, so that when the sec tions are fitted together the'sides of one section are overlapped by those of the other sec tion, as shown in Fig. 4. By this construction the formation of fins on the side of the cigar is prevented, and as the small section is movable within the large section different degrees of compression may be imparted to the cigar. The sections are formedof sheet-zinc. properly stamped or otherwise shaped, the advantages whereof are as follows: there is no absorption of the moisture of the tobacco, as in wooden molds, and there are no corrosions, generation ofverdigris, formation ofcrust, and loss of smoothness and polish, as in molds of tin, brass, copper, &c. A zinc mold retains its brightness, maybe washed and kept clean, and does not impart ametallic taste to the tobacco.

B represents the holder for the mold, the same consisting of a stand, 0, in which are several openings, a, to accommodate a number of molds, it being seen that the molds are inserted in said openings to the required extent, holding them in position, keeping the sections closed, and providing a press for the cigar, the pressurebeing adjusted by the extent to which the molds are forced into the openings. On the under side of the stand are lugs D, the same being in pairs at or about each end thereof, projecting downward, and having the inner faces of dovetailed form, to receive the dovetailed upper ends of legs E, whose sides are tapering, so said legs may be fitted in the lugs, and when moved in to full extent wedge with the lugs, thus holding the legs in position and limiting their motion in one direction. It is evident that by presenting the narrow ends of the upper legs to the wide ends of the lugs, as in Fig. 2, and forcing in said legs, they engage firmly with the lugs, thus connecting the legs and stand and preventing the legs from dropping from the lugs when the stand is lifted or shifted. By properly operating the legs they may be withdrawn and folded in compact form on the stand.

In practice the stand and legs are formed of metal, thus being strong and durable. The openings a in the holder are of sufficient diameter to receive the lower ends of the tapering molds A, but not to allow the passage of the thicker upper portions thereof. In consequence, when the moldsare pressed down by hand, or in any other convenient way, the material of the holdersurrounding said openings a operates gradually to force the lesser section A into the larger section of each mold, thereby regularly and evenly compressing the contents of said section. It is evident that any one of the molds may be thus compressed without affecting the others; or all may be compressed together; or some may be compressed to a greater degree and others less, the protrusion of a mold above or below the holder being a measure of its compression.

I am aware that it is not new to construct molds so that one rests within the other, and such I do not broadly claim.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters cross-section at all points and made tapering at the tip and butt ends, substantially as and t for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES A. VALENTIN.

Witnesses: 7 JOHN A. WIEnERsHEIM, A. P. GRANT. 

